FW: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-27 Thread Martin
Someone wrote: Never ever will a GSM module be a G3 Fax. (IMHO) And everything else is just hell. Fax and software don't go well together. I don't thing this idea has potential. Out source the problem to any fax provider and let others feel the pain. Fax is dead. and someone wrote:

FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Ricky Fitz
Hi, I just had the idea that it would be nice, to make OpenMoko to act as a fax-receiver, convert the fax to PDF and do somethin' with it. Is this possible, already implemented, or is software out there which can be used on the Neo/Freerunner to do that? Best regards, Ricky. -- Please note

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Nils Faerber
Ricky Fitz schrieb: Hi, I just had the idea that it would be nice, to make OpenMoko to act as a fax-receiver, convert the fax to PDF and do somethin' with it. Is this possible, already implemented, or is software out there which can be used on the Neo/Freerunner to do that? Depends

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Schmidt AndrĂ¡s
Nils Faerber wrote: Depends largely on the modem, i.e. if it can handle analog incoming fax transmissions. Sending analog FAX over a GSM line will not offer good results if it works at all. GSM codec is optimized for transmitting voice. The characteristics of GSM and the characteristics

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Tilman Baumann
Nils Faerber wrote: Ricky Fitz schrieb: Hi, I just had the idea that it would be nice, to make OpenMoko to act as a fax-receiver, convert the fax to PDF and do somethin' with it. Is this possible, already implemented, or is software out there which can be used on the Neo/Freerunner to do

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread kenneth marken
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 17:46:28 Tilman Baumann wrote: Nils Faerber wrote: Ricky Fitz schrieb: Hi, I just had the idea that it would be nice, to make OpenMoko to act as a fax-receiver, convert the fax to PDF and do somethin' with it. Is this possible, already implemented, or is

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Nick Guenther
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 17:46:28 Tilman Baumann wrote: Nils Faerber wrote: Fax is dead. yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built in mailing system so that one could assign a mail address

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread kenneth marken
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 18:12:47 Nick Guenther wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 17:46:28 Tilman Baumann wrote: Nils Faerber wrote: Fax is dead. yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Nick Guenther writes: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 17:46:28 Tilman Baumann wrote: Nils Faerber wrote: Fax is dead. yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built in mailing system so that one could

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread kenneth marken
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 18:40:58 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Nick Guenther writes: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 26 February 2008 17:46:28 Tilman Baumann wrote: Nils Faerber wrote: Fax is dead. yep, instead one should start to

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Al Johnson
On Tuesday 26 February 2008, kenneth marken wrote: yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built in mailing system so that one could assign a mail address to it, and have it auto-print said mail, complete with attachments of it came in pdf or odf... Hope it comes with a good spam

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Steven Kurylo
yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built in mailing system so that one could assign a mail address to it, and have it auto-print said mail, complete with attachments of it came in pdf or odf... I thought they all did these days. I haven't seen a new copier at an office in

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:53 AM, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall having seen a scanner that does the much-more-useful other direction: scan a document and it sends it in (some format I don't remember) as an email. heh, i would hazard a guess that it was as

Re: FAX2PDF with OpenMoko?

2008-02-26 Thread kenneth marken
On Tuesday 26 February 2008 19:31:38 Steven Kurylo wrote: yep, instead one should start to see printers with a built in mailing system so that one could assign a mail address to it, and have it auto-print said mail, complete with attachments of it came in pdf or odf... I thought they